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Does South Dakota's "Confederate County Rebellion" really Threaten Uniparty Status Quo?

A boil-over meeting cast back the cover of a constricted electorate in Lawrence County.

John Dale - Sept 2, 2024
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Spearfish, SD - After the 2020 election the entire country was given insight into how elections are rigged and sometimes outright stolen; a gift from President Trump. South Dakota is not immune to the problems. Recently, a group called SD Canvassing splayed out the South Dakota voting process, pinned down the issues, and demonstrated for the public that our state does not have a gold standard for elections.

As the information from SD Canvassing spread, the truth was set free like a grass fire in the minds of the moral and seekers of truth. As the group obtained more knowledge about the workings of county level government and oversight of the voter rolls, South Dakota County Auditors, one by one, started recognizing serious issues.

In addition, members of the South Dakota GOP recognized a pathway to improve the quality of our elections to return control of the state's government to the people that actually live here. The pathway led through the leadership of the SD GOP. A rift has formed in the SD GOP between the rank-and-file and the leadership. SD GOP leadership seems to be turning a blind eye to the problems identified by SD Canvassing.

We can only guess at their motivations...

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Spearfish Teen "Cleans Up" at the County Fair

John Dale - August 28, 2024
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Spearfish, SD - The dust had settled on the 2023 fair as Spearfish resident Casie Dale fixed her gaze on a Best of Show ribbon. The big ruffled purple ribbon adorned a pencil drawing of one of her favorite TV show characters, Sam Winchester played by Jared Padalecki on Supernatural.

She picked up the check for her winning entries in 2023 when the wheels started turning about how much money could be made if she entered every category in the fair. A few calculations later, she determined the number to be between $300 and $400 if she managed to enter 75 or more prize winning entries into the open class.

The day after the fair was over in 2023, she went to work collecting materials, knitting, crocheting, drawing, sewing, shading, and planning. Meticulously, Casie went through the fair book and found over 75 suitable categories while she began work on her 2024 fair entries.

As the months after the 2023 fair unfolded through the holiday season, into spring and the months of summer, her work was interrupted for chores, academic tasks, and to fund-raise and attend the nation's most prestigious STEM demonstration in Washington DC.

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Spearfish City Limits

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Released every Friday at 4:20pm. Latest episode is online now!

Meditations on communism. - August 30, 2024 Episode

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Plains Tribune Press publishes a variety of books and has a new release on the subject of homeschool. Most of the books are published via KDP and have paperback, e-book and audio versions to select from on platforms like Amazon and PodCastIndex.org.

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Lawrence County Chicken Races

by singer/songwriter John Dale

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Lawrence County Chicken Races is an original song by John Dale, his entry into the 2024 Wild West Songwriter's Festival in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Enjoy listening to this song at this link.

Trump Speaks

Our time's George Washington, President Donald John Trump.

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Fighting a nonconventional war against motivated and ultra wealthy enemies of The United States, this is a single pane comic summarizing important aspects of the President Donald John Trump phenomenon

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